How to Make an Animated Cartoon Video of Yourself in Under 5 mins? [Easiest Tutorial]

The video begins with an introduction, welcoming viewers and outlining the goal of showing how to create animation characters that resemble real-life people. It's targeted at beginners with no prior knowledge of animation. The speaker requests viewers to subscribe to the channel, as 97% of the audience hasn't yet subscribed. They then guide viewers to click on the link in the description to visit Animaker's website, create a free account, and navigate to the character builder. Using a reference picture, they demonstrate selecting a character's gender, template, and modifying various facial features and attire to match the reference image. They emphasize the ability to create billions of unique characters and save the completed character.

The video continues by demonstrating how to use the created character in animated videos. The speaker instructs viewers to return to the dashboard, create a new video project, and describes the interface of the Animaker application. Key components include the workspace, scene section, timeline (comprising animation, video/audio, and camera timelines), and the library with various elements. They show how to find the newly created character in the 'My Characters' section and place it in the workspace. The actions tab allows users to apply actions to the character, and the timeline shows the character's visibility duration. The speaker explains adjusting the duration and adding multiple actions for full-fledged animation. They also cover changing the background color or adding a 2D/image background.

The video transitions to explaining how to add text to videos. Viewers are instructed to open the text section of the library, select a text box, and customize it using the settings tab. Customization options include changing the font style, size, color, spacing, and transparency. Animation effects can be applied to the text using the 'Enter Effect' and 'Exit Effect' options. The timeline reflects these effects with a pink-colored bar, and the duration can be adjusted. The speaker also explains how to increase or decrease the scene duration using the plus and minus icons, create new scenes, duplicate, and delete scenes. Finally, they guide viewers on adding music from a library of over 30,000 copyright-free tracks, previewing, and controlling the music track's settings.

The video concludes by summarizing the process of creating animated videos with custom characters. Viewers are reminded to use the publish option to download their finished video. The speaker encourages viewers to start creating their own videos by clicking the link in the description. The video ends with a call to action, asking viewers to like the video if they found it helpful and to subscribe to the channel for more video-making tutorials.